On this day: April 28

Events on April 28

• 224 The ancient Iranian Parthian Empire fell to the Sasanids after its forces were defeated at the Battle of Hormozdgan. Wikipedia
• 1253 The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism. Wikipedia
• 1611 The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded. Wikipedia
• 1783 Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean forces; many of the prisoners were later murdered. Wikipedia
• 1788 Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
• 1789 Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific. Wikipedia
• 1858 Indian Rebellion of 1857: The Bawani Imli massacre saw 52 Indian freedom fighters hanged by British forces. Wikipedia
• 1887 A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on the order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war. Wikipedia
• 1910 Frenchman Louis Paulhan landed his biplane at Manchester, having departed from London the previous day, to win the world's first long-distance air race. Wikipedia
• 1920 The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded. Wikipedia
• 1923 The FA Cup final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London. Wikipedia
• 1941 World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac. Wikipedia
• 1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino. Wikipedia
• 1952 Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II. Wikipedia
• 1952 The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II. Wikipedia
• 1960 The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration. Wikipedia
• 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. Wikipedia
• 1972 Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow. Wikipedia
• 1973 The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks. Wikipedia
• 1978 The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. Wikipedia
• 1983 The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries. Wikipedia
• 1986 High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident. Wikipedia
• 1988 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft. Wikipedia
• 1996 A spree shooter carried out the Port Arthur massacre, killing 35 people and injuring 23, in Tasmania, prompting stricter gun laws in Australia. Wikipedia
• 1999 A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades. Wikipedia
• 2008 The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening. Wikipedia

Born on April 28

• 32 Otho, Roman emperor (died 69 AD) Wikipedia
• 1442 Edward IV, king of England (died 1483) Wikipedia
• 1758 James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (died 1831) Wikipedia
• 1838 Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913) Wikipedia
• 1874 Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (died 1936) Wikipedia
• 1878 Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (died 1954) Wikipedia
• 1889 António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1970) Wikipedia
• 1896 Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (died 1963) Wikipedia
• 1900 Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1992) Wikipedia
• 1906 Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978) Wikipedia
• 1908 Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (died 1974) Wikipedia
• 1924 Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (died 2021) Wikipedia
• 1926 Harper Lee, American novelist (died 2016) Wikipedia
• 1937 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (died 2006) Wikipedia
• 1941 Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1941 Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia
• 1948 Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2015) Wikipedia
• 1950 Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer Wikipedia
• 1970 Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1974 Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer Wikipedia
• 1981 Jessica Alba, American model and actress Wikipedia
• 1988 Juan Mata, Spanish footballer Wikipedia

Died on April 28

• 1813 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (born 1745) Wikipedia
• 1853 Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (born 1773) Wikipedia
• 1903 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (born 1839) Wikipedia
• 1936 Fuad I of Egypt (born 1868) Wikipedia
• 1945 Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Wikipedia
• 1954 Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879) Wikipedia
• 1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1992 Francis Bacon, Irish painter (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1999 Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921) Wikipedia
• 1999 Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (born 1920) Wikipedia
• 2002 Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (born 1950) Wikipedia
• 2007 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (born 1912) Wikipedia
• 2012 Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (born 1919) Wikipedia
• 2021 Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Aphrodisius and companions Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Gianna Beretta Molla Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Kirill of Turov (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Louis de Montfort Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Louise Trichet Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Pamphilus of Sulmona Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Peter Chanel Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Vitalis and Valeria of Milan Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan) Wikipedia
• National Heroes Day (Barbados) Wikipedia
• Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan) Wikipedia
• Sardinia Day (Sardinia) Wikipedia
• Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international) National Day of Mourning (Canada) Wikipedia
• Ed Balls Day Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “April 28” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/April 28” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “April 28” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for April 28 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.